[Teenytoona]

Just curious, if your baby was determined to have brow presentation, how was s/he born? Seems like all mainstream texts suggest immediate c-section. Wanted to see if that holds with what folks here have experienced.

DD was brow and after much work by my MW's - and me (lots of crawling) she was born with compound presentation.

 

[Emily's Mama]

is brow presentation like "forehead first" or "deflexed"? My babe was posterior deflexed and ended in C section. i didn't vote as I don't know if that is the same thing.

 

[Gremco]

I wasn't sure what you meant by brow presentation, but my baby was OP and had a full facial presentation. Is that what you are meaning? Her eyes and nose came out first. I still delivered vaginally, but that was only because the doctor was going to exhaust every possible option before doing a c-section. He was awesome! Every nurse I talked to said if it had been any other doctor I would have had a c-section.

 

[Leisha]

If I remember correctly (not from when I was born, but from when my mom told me

), both me and my brother were born with brow presentation (apparently it was the first time that doc had seen 2 babies with that presentation in the same woman).

Anyway we were both born vaginally.

(However: my brothers birth was very hard and according to my mom, things could have gone very bad. My birth (different hospital and doctor) went a lot smoother because the doc recognised the presentation and knew how to handle it!)

Sorry, I also didn't vote because I'm not 100% sure - should check with mom!

 

[tanyalynn]

I have a friend whose 3rd child was a brow/face presentation, really more his face came first. It was a long, tough labor at home, but they didn't need to transfer.

eta: it seems like sometimes maybe mom wouldn't know baby was malpositioned if she's in the hospital, maybe labor just stalls and she's just told it's time for your Csec, and malpositioning is never mentioned (maybe the doc doesn't even realize, cause they aren't interested in positioning issues that much).

 

[kltroy]

didnt answer the poll but 2 moms in my DDC last year had odd presentations - one brow and one face. Both were planned homebirths-turned-c-sections.

 

[cileag]

Quite frankly, as an L and D nurse, I'd probably suggest C/S for a prime, but have seen a couple multip brow presentions that were not particularly traumatic for the baby.

 

[Ashes]

I just answered c-section to the poll. My son was born last year after 42 hours of labour. After 35 hours or so of natural labour, I was induced with pitocin because it slowed down and my water had already broken on it's own. I had an epidural in place and was pushing for two hours before the Dr.'s realized it was brow. I was whisked off for a c-section and they told me I didn't have much choice. I was really disappointed. But it makes me feel better after doing a lot of reading that for first time mom's, c-sections are very much needed in most cases for brow presentation.

 

[Mrsboyko]

Both of my kids were brow at some point. My DD (first kid) ended in a section after forceps and vac attempt (which really shouldn't have been tried in her position). My son we managed to turn and he was born after 60 hrs at home and a transfer. He had a vacc assist though.

 

[mwherbs]

so I have seen 3 brow presentations - one was the 5th child of a friend of mine- born vaginally brow - one in a primip who in pregnancy did quite a bit of walking and stair climbing and in labor she did quite a bit of walking and stair climbing- just what she wanted to do in labor vaginal birth brow
and one gal who had brow converted to face all vaginal birhs

 

[fruitfulmomma]

I didn't vote because I am not exactly sure what my oldest dd was but my midwife called it military. I had actually swollen while pushing with her before her presentation was discovered and then we tried a few different things before I opted for a non-emergency transport for pain relief. Once we got there I guess she had decided to straighten herself up and she was born vaginally about an hour later.

 

[annekh23]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gremco I wasn't sure what you meant by brow presentation, but my baby was OP and had a full facial presentation. Is that what you are meaning? Her eyes and nose came out first. I still delivered vaginally, but that was only because the doctor was going to exhaust every possible option before doing a c-section. He was awesome! Every nurse I talked to said if it had been any other doctor I would have had a c-section.

Face is not the same as brow, brow is the head partially tipped back so that the eyebrows are what would come out first, face presentation is even further tipped back so that what you see at crowing is the complete face. It's pretty rare for a face presentation to be born vaginally and if they are it's usually inconjunction with a posterior presentation. Brows are very rare vaginally.